NAI Avant acquires Vista icon as new headquarters

The three-story Dupre Building, in the heart of the Congaree Vista, will be the commercial real estate firm’s new home. NAI Avant paid $3.9 million for the property. Read More...

SKF Group to invest $3M in S.C.

The Sweden-based company said it expects to create 25 jobs over the next three years at its North Charleston facility. SKF plans to add a new production line to manufacture super-precision angular contact bearings.  Read More...

S.C. unemployment rate in April hits lowest mark in nearly 5 years

The state unemployment rate slipped to 8% last month. The increase in jobs was led by the leisure and hospitality sector, which is gearing up for the tourist season in the coastal areas and the state capital.  Read More...

Sequestration prompts cuts in unemployment checks

Thousands of out-of-work South Carolinians will see their federal Emergency Unemployment Compensation benefit checks trimmed through the remainder of the federal fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. Read More...

Fitch Ratings affirms Providence Hospitals’ A rating for bond issue

Although Sisters of Charity Providence Hospitals has lost money the last two years, the ratings service said profitability is expected to improve in 2013 as the hospital's newly employed physicians “ramp up in volume and various initiatives are implemented.” Read More...